Variety: Mark 10v42-45

42 Jesus called them together and said, ‘You know that those who are regarded as rulers of the Gentiles lord it over them, and their high officials exercise authority over them. 43 Not so with you. Instead, whoever wants to become great among you must be your servant, 44 and whoever wants to be first must be slave of all. 45 For even the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many.’

Josh Hinton London Institute for Contemporary Christianity writes: 

Right now, wherever I turn, I see leaders glorying in their own lack of mercy, their lawlessness, their disdain for the poor, their viciousness towards the weak and scared. I see swathes of the global population voting for them, gleefully asking for more. And worse – much worse – I see many Christians riding on their coat-tails, throwing kindness and mercy to the wind in the name of cultural victory. 

The ends can never justify the means. If we abandon kindness and mercy for the sake of victory or orthodoxy, we have missed the point. Kindness is not weakness or dithering – it’s the strength to put others first, which was the great example of Christ 

Here’s a song which points to the “yet more excellent way” found in 1 Corinthians 13  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IuiRQV4xnJE 

Lyrics include: 
* Kindness is the new rock and roll
* Kindness is the sign that we’ve evolved: We’re all meat and blood With feelings in between
* Kindness is the climax of the soul: I’m so full of love bursting from the seams